Objectives: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement is a widely used
method for long‐term enteral feeding of demented patients unable to take sufficient food by …

Feeding Tube Placement in Patients With Advanced Dementia: The Beliefs and Practice Patterns
of Speech-Language Pathologists | American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ASHAWire …

There has been much debate on the value and risks of long-term enteral feeding in patients
with advanced dementia. A retrospective study was carried out on 47 patients with a primary …

Aim: The aim of this study was to clinically evaluate percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
(PEG) tube feeding of elderly Japanese patients with dementia. Method: The records of the …

Context Tube-feeding is of questionable benefit for nursing home residents with advanced
dementia. Approximately two-thirds of US nursing home residents who are tube fed had their …

Objective To determine the relative importance of factors influencing physicians to use tube
feedings in patients lacking decision‐making capacity. Design Survey. Setting and …

Background. The prolongation of life is an important consideration in the decision to initiate
long-term tube feeding. This report critically synthesizes the evidence regarding the impact …

管饲(Tube Feeding) 指经过导管供给患者营养丰富的流质饮食. 随着社会的老龄化趋势,
由于各种原因造成昏迷, 痴呆, 消化道疾病, 颅外伤以及其他不能由口进食而需要营养治疗的老年 …